Leonard William STEPHENSON

STEPHENSON, Leonard William

Service Number: 401680
Enlisted: 28 March 1941, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 101 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 22 April 1917
Home Town: Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling: Mildura High School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Wine Maker
Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 16 September 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
8. E. 3.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Merbein Memorial Gates, Merbein Memorial Walls, Mildura High School WW2 Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 401680
28 Mar 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 401680, No. 101 Squadron (RAF), Melbourne, Vic.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas Armstrong Stephenson and Eva Muriel Stephenson; husband of Alice Jean Stephenson, of Mildura, Victoria

DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF JEAN. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN..."

Leonard was a member of the crw of a Wellington aircraft which was lost while on an operational flight on the night of 16th/17th September 1942.